Riding-habit.



M, cowm. RIDING HABIT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1912.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Inventor Attorneys UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

MAX COWEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDING-HABIT.

To all whom it may; concern Be it known that 1, MAX CownN, a cit1- zen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Riding-Habit, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in riding habits, the primary object of the invention being the provision of a skirt attachment for riding trousers which is so constructed as to be readily converted into a walking or riding skirt, such riding skirt being especially adapted for use in connection with a side saddle wherein the position of the leg upon the pommel has a tendency to elevate the lower edge of the skirt, the skirt being closed in front with the loose terminals thereof disposed in the rear, such terminals when the party is occupying the saddle being separated to permit of the direct contact of the seat of the trousers with the saddle.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a riding habit in which the seat portion of the trousers is exposed when the rider is mounted, the skirt being made in the form of a shawl with the waist band engaging portion of lesser size than the waist band of the trousers and secured to the waist band of the trousers so as to expose a portion of the hip and complete upper portion of the seat thereof, such skirt being provided with loose terminals which are disposed for connection to the trousers and to each other to form a walking skirt to conceal the trouser legs or to remain loose when the rider is mounted.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed with out departing from the spirit of the inven tion.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a rear View of the riding habit with the waist band of the trousers open and with the flaps of the skirt free in the position they assume when the rider is mounting. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the waist band of the trousers closed and the flaps in the position they as- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 7, 1912.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Serial No. 713,831.

sume at the initial closure step for forming a walking skirt, dotted lines illustrating the position of one flap at the second step. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the riding habit with the flaps closed and forming a walking skirt. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the skirt blank. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a leg forming blank for the forward portion of the leg. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the right leg forming blank for the rear portion thereof. Fig. 7 is a plan View of the waist line dart used with the blank shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, the trousers are so constructed that the right leg 1 is formed of the blank 2 and the blank 3, the blank 2 being so constructed as to have the incision 4 in the upper edge thereof to pro vide the button or fastening carrying strip 5 and also a means for the stitching of the dart 6 therein. One edge of the blank 3 is stitched vertically to the front edge of the blank 2 to a point above the lower end of the dart 6, the free portion thereof being prm'ided with a plurality of button-holes 7 for engagement with the button carrying strip 5, so that the waist line of the trousers may be fitted snugly about the waist of the wearer, the waist line being open only at this point to permit of: the easy removal and adjustment of the garment. The button 8 is sewed upon the blank at the apex of the incision 4 while a button 9 is also secured to said blank slightly above the button 8 and to the right of the seat seam the purposes of which but-ton will presently appear.

The skirt 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 4:, is cut from a single blank and is formed with the upper waist encircling or waist band 11,

the same either being stitched to or otherwise fastened to the waist line of the trousers, the edge 12 being stitched vertically to the left and at a point to the left of the rear seam, and downwardly to a point opposite the termination of the dart 6 of the right leg. An incision is formed between the edges 12 and 15 and is formed by the edges 13 and 14: which are stitched together to conform to the hip of the wearer, the end or edge 15 constituting a loose flap to encircle the rear portion of the left leg of the trousers when forming a walking skirt or to remain loose and free when the wearer is mounted upon a side saddle.

A button 16 is secured to the exterior of the wearer to cause the skirt at such point to fit flap 15 intermediate of the extreme lower edge and the fastening thereof to the trouser leg, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The opposite flap of the skirt is provided with the inclined hip encircling edge 17 torminating inthe abrupt outwardly projecting edge 18, while formed at the junction of the respective edges is a button-hole 19 for engagement with the button 8 of the right leg of the wearer, as clearly shown in the initial step of the transformation from a riding to a walking skirt, as shown in Fig. 2. At the extreme end of the projecting portion 18 is a button-hole 20 so formed as to permit of the securing thereof to the trouser leg with the button 9, thus constituting the second step of the conversion into a walking skirt, as clearly shown in dotted lines F ig, 2. The flap 21 of the larger flap of the skirt is curved, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4t and is disposed to overlap the free end 15 and have its button-hole 22 secured upon the button 16 of the flap 15 so that the flap 21 will overlap the flap 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and thus convert the skirt from a riding skirt, as shown in Fig. l to a walking skirt as shown in Fig. 3. I

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings it is evident that when the opening at 5 and 7 is closed and the trousers are properly positioned upon the wearer, with the skirt in position as shown in Fig. 1, that the mounting of the wearer upon a side saddle, will cause the flap 21 to properly shield or cover the right leg as the same is elevated and placed in the pommel, while the flap 15 will properly cover the stirrup leg, the skirt loosely draping and relieving the rider of the double thickness at the seat portion as is the case where the skirt fully encircles or conceals the trousers and has to be adjusted to properly drape over the legs and pommel of the sad dle when in mounted positions Upon dismounting, it will be readily seen that by engaging the button hole 19 with the button 8, that the edge 17 will be brought closely over. and upon the right hipof the are completely concealed.

flush upon the forward portion of the right leg and hip, while the securing of the button-hole 20 to the button 9 will secure the flap 21in pro-per position to conceal the right leg, the final position, overlapping the two flaps and the'securing of the buttonhole 22 to the button 16 to complete the walking skirt, so that the trousers except for the upper portion of the seat and hips As a coat having long tails is usually used, such tails being of suflicient length will drape down over the unconcealed portionof the seat and hip of the trousers, and it is evident that the full habit when in walking skirt position presents an exceedingly neat appearance and one in which the trousers are completely concealed.

It is also evident as before stated, that the blank 10 may be provided with hooks and eyes or other fastening means to detachably secure the same to any riding trousers, it simply being necessary to secure buttons 8 and 9 to the rear portion of the right leg of the trousers to permit of the proper assemblage of the skirt when forming a walking skirt.

\Vhat is claimed is:

In a riding habit, a pair of trousers; and a skirt secured to the trousers adjacent the waist band of the trousers, the skirt being split at the back to define two flaps, one flap only being cut away at its rear and top'edges and being openable to the waistline of the trousers to permit an expansion of the buttock of the wearer and to avoid a pull at the waist-line of the trousers when one leg of the wearer is in pommel-engaging position, and means for securing the fiaps together and the cut-away flap to the seat and one leg of the trousers, whereby the skirt is formed into a walking skirt and the trousers are incased. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed by signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAX COWEN.

Witnesses JAcoB KLoNsKY, A. SGHIsENBERG.

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Washington, D. C. 

